Robyn picks his best, and they're not what you expect! When Rocker recently sat down to chat to Robyn Hitchcock we asked him what he thought his best songs were and he came back with a cool trove of lesser known tracks. Collected here are videos of his favorites, you...

The former Police guitarist on his new rockumentary “Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police,” and the greatest rock record you never heard. The Police was not, as some faux-historians would have you believe, the band that backed Sting. They were in fact a trio...

Our favorite former Jellyfish on the re-release of the band’s classic albums, playing with Beck and more! Is it odd that the first truly great releases of 2015 are actually decades old reissues? Not if you consider both from the neo-pop nineties band Jellyfish. To...

Midge Ure: Acoustic Tour Live! by Keith Valcourt “Take away the dressing, and it is still salad” says Ultravox’s Midge Ure of his acoustic-guitar based US tour, we check out the results (footage of Gainesville FL show 2015) The concept is simple, an...

If you missed Devo performing their earliest songs on their recent tour, no worries: this new film puts you right in the action. In 2014, new wave pioneers Devo suffered a terrible loss when guitarist Bob Casale, aka Bob 2, died of a massive heart attack. Many feared...

"Nobody cares about you" was rock's most outrageous promoter's final message to young bands. We revisit our bizarre deathbed interview with the legend. The number one rule in music marketing is “Death Sells!” Nothing increases the public’s interest (and a music...

You may not know the name Jim Peterik but you know his songs. First, as lead guitarist and singer of Ides Of March, Jim wrote, sang and played guitar on the rock radio (and car commercial) staple “Vehicle. As the lead guitarist and primary songwriter for Survivor,...

To call China Crisis underrated would be an understatement. The eighties duo of vocalist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon are one of music’s best kept secrets. Then again, to call them an “Eighties Duo” is also a bit of a misnomer because in a time of...

Dream Academy: “Morning Lasted All Day: A Retrospective” The cynical will say a 2 CD career look back for The Dream Academy is excessive. After all, the trio did only have the one hit, the mellow orchestral gem, “Life In A Northern Town.” But to those of us who...

Remember the 1980s synth pop trio When In Rome? No? Well surely you remember their massive hit single “The Promise?” Of course you do. That song remains a timeless hit some three decades later. West Coast Bureau Chief Keith Valcourt sat down with the...